Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

People are weird.

Washington Post Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

They are not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

Too little, too late, ftfnyt. fuck all the way off.

Republicans are radicals, not conservatives.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

Hot air and ill-informed banter

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. do not touch it.”

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

How stupid are these people?

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

Just because you believe it, that does not make it true.

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Republicans in disarray!

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Republicans cannot even be trusted with their own money.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

There are some who say that there are too many strawmen arguments on this blog.

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My father has just completed his book titled Plugged into English: English and language arts activities for the computer lab, and I thought I might do some free advertising for him. If you are a teacher and are looking the following, or if you know of a teacher who has been complaining that you can not think of many activities for your kids, this might be right up your alley. The nice thing about this is that the activities are adaptable enough for other fields, so all teachers might get some use out of it. At any rate, here is the description from Cottonwood Press:

Plugged In to English comes with a CD-ROM that includes all student activities. The activities can be used with either PCs or Macs in any computer lab, using any word processing program. Although the activities are designed for grades 8-adult, many work very well with younger students as well.

Computer Tips for English Teachers
What If You

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Great Gonzo

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If you have never read him and wondered why people love Hunter S. Thompson, here is a glimpse why:

Weird behavior is natural in smart children, just as curiosity is to a kitten. I was no stranger to it myself, as a youth growing up in Kentucky. I had a keen appetite for adventure, which soon led me into a maze of complex behavioral experiments that my parents found hard to explain. I was a popular boy, with acceptable grades & a vaguely promising future, but I was cursed with a dark sense of humor that made many adults afraid of me, for reasons they couldn’t quite put their fingers on…

But I was a juvenile delinquent. I was Billy the Kid of Louisville. I was a “criminal”: I stole things, destroyed things, drank. That’s all you have to do if you’re a criminal. In the sixth grade I was voted head of the Safety Patrol – the kids who wear the badges and stop traffic during recesses and patrol. It was a very big position, and the principal hated that I was voted to it. She said, “This is horrible. We can’t have Hunter doing anything. He’s a Little Hitler.” I wasn’t sure what that meant, but I think it meant I had a natural sway over many students. And that I should probably be lobotomized for the good of the society.

and this:

That story has no moral – at least not for smart people – but it taught me many useful things that shaped my life in many fateful ways. One of them was knowing the difference between Morality and Wisdom. Morality is temporary, Wisdom is permanent… Ho ho.

(Via Tim Blair)

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This Should Be Interesting

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The title of this movie alone should create some buzz:

Michael Moore Hates America.

I don’t know if he hates America (I can list quite a few Americans he loathes), but a title like this is bound to mean that even those who normally find Moore distatsteful will rise to hs defense. At any rate, I will suspend judgement until I see the movie. I will be content if all they do is go through and document anmd expose his lies, so that people will quit pretending Moore has something to add to the political discussion. He is a fraud and a con-artist, albeit a good one.

(Via Right We Are)

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